title: [The biomechanics of the base of the skull and face].
abstract: The biomechanics-, engineering- and anatomy-oriented authors studied the craniofacial structures emphasizing their perfect adaptation to stresses developing during mastication or related to head statics and motions. For a better understanding of the biomechanics of the basis of the skull and face, attention is consistently drawn to solutions used in state-of-the-art engineering, such as aeronautics, in consideration that such solutions as are chosen by engineers are often--consciously or not--copied from nature.
authors.affiliation: Centre Nantais d'Etudes et de Recherches Biophysiques.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ferre
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chevalier
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Barbin
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008409:Mastication; D009068:Movement; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Réflexions sur la biomécanique de la base du crâne et de la face.